yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brian10161:
I know exactly what you mean there. It's frustrating but that seems how the market works these days.

I'm only 26 myself and I feel like in the older part of the market these days! I had been contemplating some of those cheap Chinese imported phones myself, but found the X Play in store and that's what changed my decision. I'm overall happy with it. Mobile CPUs have seemingly advance more in the midrange/low range sector than the high end chips.

I don't see any reason to buy a flagship phone any more, or if you do, buying an older generation phone for the cost savings. Especially if you unlock the bootloader and load other firmware.
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kutusov:
Well, I guess one gets used to certain things and stops feeling the need for more. But apparently the good thing about flagships to us is that they make what we consider good gear mainstream and affordable. I had to buy a new PC the other day and I ended up with an odd looking and tinny HP Mini i5 8gb plugged into a 32' TV. Waaay cheaper than an entry level gaming rig, does everything I want effortlessly, doesn't take up room... so there's a good thing about getting old (I'm 38 btw) :eek:

More on topic though, and picking up your point about past flagships, I've just found the Galaxy S6 Active. I had never seen one of those things before, don't think it was ever on sale here in Portugal. Ugly as hell, looks like something made for the zombie apocalypse but it's an S6 with a top notch battery! That could be interesting, must check that one out better... :p
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pijes:
If it's not an AT&T exclusive and available everywhere, it would have been an obvious choice for some.
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yekollu:
I was comparing the X Play's battery to G2's battery ;)

Compared to most flagship's available now, yes the battery is a Monster but with G2, it's only a slight bump (not the capacity but the actual performance) and i thought he was looking to replace his G2
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kutusov:
It can be had unlocked, I've looked into ebay and I can get one from within the EU but they look like unlocked and tested AT&T used units. Price is about the same or higher than a brand new X Play. And despite being checked units with warranty, that still doesn't tell me if it has a fresh battery in it or not - probably not. Getting one from the US is out of the question as with taxes and duties the price could easily be 30 to 40% higher.

That and the fact that it is an AT&T phone. My current one is also an AT&T branded unit and it's a PITA to update it. No OTA updates for me as I'm not in the US and the phone has to be registered to the network to get the updates - or something like that, don't really know that works but I have to manually flash it.

I sort of am yekollu, but it's not like I need a new phone because mine is about to die, it's more the capricious wish to have a new toy. My G2 is getting old in the way it has some scuffs to the body (mostly hidden by a low profile case) and battery went through many cycles already but its health is still good. I just thought that after a couple of years not looking into phones things would have leaped hugely and the most recent models would wipe the floor with the G2. Some do but only in high end games I don't play and at the cost of having to have the phone constantly charging.

I still haven't gave up on the idea of a replacement and the X Play is a strong candidate as battery life is more important to me than most things but I'm not yet convinced I'll feel like it was money well spent. I do appreciate your and other people's feedback as reviews have wildly different numbers and results, and I don't know how some of those numbers translate to everyday real usage. :highfive:
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yekollu:
If it's battery life, go for X play!! Like i mentioned earlier even though it's slightly better than G2, it's much better than most other phones available now (I still use my G2 as standby phone).
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kutusov:
I just got another email from GB about the Elephone P9000 Power... at 180 bucks from China (so import duties most likely on top of that), and from a couple of youtube reviews I've seen, might be something worth the punt. As fas as I can tell, it runs stock Android also. It's a big 5.5 screen but so is the Moto and this thing looks a lot more compact. Sounds and looks too good to be true, so I'll have to look more into it. If what they, costumers and reviewers are saying is true, this is the real flagship killer and best phone to beat by a country mile.

...man, 6050mah battery?? And stock Android so no more ties to a company I don't know on the update side of things? :eek:
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dangnhap01:
Dont buy those chinese phone. Their battery capacity is only good on paper. Im not even sure that they put real capacity on it
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brian10161:
I'll post these screenshots to give you an idea of my battery usage. It's a beast in standby with MM as well my friend. I haven't modded mine much either, just rooted and gravitybox.

Oh I actually just remembered another phone that may interest you. The Alcatel Idol 3 5.5. It doesn't have the same size battery, but similar chipset. I played with it in store and it seems quite capable. I'm not sure about software updates though, haven't heart about MM for it yet.

These are from the other day.
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtremeed2705:
Way better battery life then when I had a G2, just saying..
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kutusov:
:p Of course not... I can't even find their site. Or maybe a do but if that's their site... :eek: To make it worst, I know the brand from the electronic cigarette world, which was the only thing that worked at stopping me from smoking. They have a very cheap device with awful QC. They sound like a brand that will trough an electronic device together if they can find some NOS parts and with no clear focus or market.

The G2 has a great battery life only because most flagship phones suck at that. I came to the G2 from an HTC OneX, flagship for less than a month because HTC released the OneX+ right away and without warning there would be such a thing. Essentially the same thing with a bigger battery because the original would last half the time of a G2. So the LG looked amazing to me.

I now can't say for sure but I'm pretty certain I could go through a whole day of heavy use when I owned the first Galaxy. Those AMOLED displays wouldn't use much battery... you couldn't see a thing when on the outside but they were great little phones when in dark, smoky bars frequented by ladies of dubious reputation :D
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dangnhap01:
You can try samsung galaxy a7 2016.

Touchwiz is better now and the screen and battery is great
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ev0luti0n_:
Thanks for the original poster for this thread, because i am actually looking at the exact same doubt. I don't own a G2 right now, but i did in the past and i achieve 8 something hours SOT. I also found the battery life reviews tricky, with some stating massive stand by times and others just getting 4.5 hours SOT.

Also... the price difference is huge right now. We can get a decent G2 for 150 CAD$, and a moto x play on Wind carrier, still sells for 450 CAD$, plus tax, which totals 500$...

Shouldn't we be all achieve at least 8 hours with moderate usage? web browsing, calls, texts, facebook?

so... USED LG G2, or NEW Moto x play?
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K.khiladi:
The difference in SOT amongst users comes down down to different usage scenarios.

Battery life will deplete according to 2g/3g/4g mode.

Also whether mobile data is used or wifi is used also counts.

The brightness at which phone is used also counts.

The signal reception of area again counts.
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kutusov:
Vivas! ;) You can try the GSMArena battery life comparison chart on their tools, if you haven't already. You can customize the results by changing the amount of time taking calls, watching videos and web browsing. No idea of how accurate it is but, being on the same site, I guess they tested them in similar conditions. That should at least give us an idea over which last longer than an other, even if we end up with a shorter battery life.

The G2 is dirty cheap like you said, even the G4 can be got for almost the same price but battery life is rubbish... same battery capacity, bigger and higher PPI screen, more power hungry cpu. The Play can be had new for less than €300 if you shop online.

Yesterday I came across the Moto X Force which might be interesting. Way more expensive but it's a 5.4 inch AMOLED quad HD, Snapdragon 810 and a 3760mah battery! So it's a top spec phone with a battery that should last close to what the Play lasts. It costs almost twice as much though, so not sure if it's really worth it if you don't play games. - same camera, a bit uglier save for the back...

Internal memory is not an issue from what I've seen, in fact it's worth getting the lowest memory possible if you have a microSD option that bot Motos have. The new Android Marshmallow will format a UHS-I card in a way that lets it use it as a real expansion of internal memory. You stop having the internal memory and a SD card, you'll have just 1 memory with the capacity of the internal memory + the capacity of the card. A 32GB card from a good company can be had for less than €10.

I've also read somewhere about the soon to be released Huawai Mate 4, essentially a smaller size Mate 8 with flagship specs and massive battery.

So I've been having a bit of fun looking at reviews, etc. Didn't know I still had it in me. And as far as I'm concerned, flasgship specs that are not above 5.5' screen size and that allows you to be mobile because of battery capacity rests on the Moto X Force. Best bang for buck is most likely the Play, with huge battery and lower specs but that also means less battery drain. But the G2 is still a bargain if you ask me. Just check the price for new units... you can find a few refurbished ones in Spain but one doesn't know how many battery cycles they went through. The G2 also has the problem of a rubbish skin and probably no more support. In fact, I still think Lollipop made it worst. I can't backup this claim with numbers but seems to me the phone was snappier and lasted longer with the original KitKat Rom. I'm yet to try CyanogenMod but that could sort a lot of things out.

So yeah, the question remains... Moto X or G2 for a good phone that lasts a long time. Samsung, HTC, newer LGs, they don't stand a chance here.
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kutusov:
Now I'm confused... you mean there are two versions of the A7? I was checking that and I do come across an A7 with a 2700mah battery and on some other places it is mentioned a 3300mah. I so like the idea of a Super AMOLED screen... absolutely hate Touchwiz (Hello Kitty skin as I call it) but you say it is better now.

Hey, at least checking for a phone is still virtually free, right? :victory:
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kutusov:
^^^ Ok, no need to answer that. Now that I'm home I've googled it. That's f-ed up, now I don't know what to think again!! Super Amoled screen and an even bigger battery and battery life than the Moto (according to GSMArena tools)... :eek: Seems like it hasn't been released yet in Europe, I ca barely find any sellers carrying it yet. The ones that do have it for not a lot more than the Moto Play and it already comes with the fast charger which evens things out even more (Qualcomm FC charger doesn't come in Europe's package).

The A5 2016 is also very interesting. I actually prefer its 5.2' size but if battery life is also better than the Moto overall (again looking at GSM numbers), web browsing is quite a few punches bellow the Play and the G2 and that's where I blow most of my battery.

...you guys tell me when I'm starting to sound like the wife shopping for clothes... ;)
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fuzzynco2:
Is there a way to update the 'rom' without replacing the preloader

and boot loader that allows TWRP to be fastboot boot'ed?

I am rooted, have Google Play working, have OTA blocked and

everything seems to be working correctly. ADB works in

both device and recovery modes and fastboot works

in fastboot mode. TWRP works via fastboot boot.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blueberry.sky:
Yes. There is a thread that details how to do it.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fuzzynco2:
found it

http://xdaforums.com/amazon-fire/general/howto-install-fireos-5-1-1-root-gapps-t3265594
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] Volidol:
Team Win Recovery Project v3.0.0.0 for D605

HOW TO INSTALL:

Flash from old recovery:

Reboot to your current recovery.

And flash the archive.

Flash recovery.img without custom recovery:

Extract contents on your PC

Copy loki_flash and recovery.img to you phone's SD card via MTP connection

Download and start Android Terminal Emulator from Play Store

From terminal emulator type: $ su

Then type (assuming files from zip were copied to external SD card root) :

# cp /storage/external_SD/loki_flash /storage/external_SD/recovery.img /data/local/tmp

# cd /data/local/tmp

# chmod 777 loki_flash

# ./loki_flash recovery recovery.img

# reboot recovery

DOWNLOAD:

Link to flash from recovery:

https://mega.nz/#!fo8DCDbb!wvN9GTN7xzuTGnNMBfu4UwmAo7culclt88qb-qJoZLI

Link to flash without recovery:

https://mega.nz/#!y1dk0KwS!HAwU-Pi6jgfQPe3c1yID9WmX76X_afdNpTpToPbfqSA

STATUS:

Stable (but I have not tested)
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] Kaszke:
Nice work, thx (will you end cm12?)
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] JackPOtaTo:
I Have problem: Loki aboot version does not match device. (LG D605 kitkat 4.4.2) Root:yes
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] Kaszke:
Downgrade to jb
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] Ag0n1a:
[MENTION=7045491]JackPOtaTo[/MENTION] try with another version of windows, i had the same on win7, no problem in win8

Sent with my CM11 Lg D605
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] JackPOtaTo:
I have win 10. And i bricked (Hard) LG l9 II
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] Ag0n1a:
As far as I know this device is not possible to hardbrick.

Again, if your problem is "Loki aboot version does not match device" then your device is not bricked probably
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] neutrondev:
I don't know where you guys get your information from but stop saying phones are not possible to hard brick and spread this word around. It is very easy to hardbrick any phone with root.

I will go just in a little bit of detail to show you.

How does your computer boot?

The hardware you have (CPU, GPU, Memory etc) are searched for (physical addresses) by the motherboard by the BIOS. Delete or erase the BIOS and I bet you any sum that your computer will stop doing anything (starts and sits idle just fans spinning).

With this analogy the BIOS of any mobile device is the bootloader. In the bootloader, that is located on the eMMC (embedded Multi Media Controller; like an SSD but with the controller of memory in the silicon die). eMMC is partitioned like a hard disk.

Your phone has an integrated Primary Loader in the CPU (this is what Qcom 9008 is). By shorting pins you change the boot order. If you short correct pins you can send data into memory (RAM) from the CPU and then write it on the eMMC (if you have the correct communication). This is where the HEX programmer comes in. This is how Qualcomm tools know how to communicate with the SOC.

The 2nd loader is on the eMMC. By default all CPU's boot from eMMC. SBL1->aboot and so on is the bootchain. Where hardware is initialized and recognized. Destroy and of those partitions and you will have a hardbrick (either fallback to 9008 automatically because eMMC is empty or not recognized at all).

Well I ended up giving you kind of a full information. Just stop trowing around this thing "phones can't be hardbricked". Hardbrick describes the state where a phone can't enter the last emergency mode provided by the manufacture (Emergency in this case). And generally buttons don't work, screen isn't either and so on.
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] Ag0n1a:
Never said that phones cannot be hardbricked....

I said that installing this rom will not hardbrick your phone, cuz only contain kernel and syspartition... plus, if the software prevents u from make changes because the aboot version doesn't match, how can u hardbrick it?

Thanks for the explanation though, learned couple of spec terms... ;)
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] neutrondev:
If you flash an aboot version that does fail the check of the bootchain you have a hardbrick.
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] Ag0n1a:
A

With this method you can not, the moment it says the aboot version is different it doesn't allow the copy of it. I had this error 5-6 times before I could successfully change the aboot and all those times in between my phone was always turning on as normal...

If then you are able to flash an aboot version that doesn't match then u r unlucky...

Anyway I'm for sure not as expert as you, but I'm just reporting my experience
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] neutrondev:
Yeah you are right. That is just a message it will not flash it for you. But if you see that message and try to flash a lower aboot without flashing full KDZ you are in big trouble.
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] AWESOME1092387456:
Can someone "Loki-fy" or something on TWRP because i am in need to use cwm 6.0.5.1 by varcian
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] Mattia990:
For me the installation works but don't install it... i've installed cm12 and it sayed secure booting failed

and backup/restore doesn't work, it corrupted /data partition but i resolved it.
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] Cristi73:
How? I couldn't find a working link for a stock jb.
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] shhnedo:
http://lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php?id_mod=37

Find the kdz that coresponds to your region/carrier.
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] eedam:
goooooooooD!!!! amazing job ;) )))) :D
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] eedam:
hey here is the solution body

II Flash

GOTO D605 RECOVRY (folder) hold shift and right click on the mouse then open window command here

then copy the commands on the cmd

you need to have adb driver installed and here the download link http://www.mediafire.com/download/u6pdpy77sonjyqh/D605+RECOVRY.rar

1 adb push aboot.img /data/local/tmp

2 adb shell

3 su

4 dd if=/data/local/tmp/aboot.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot

4 exit

5 exit

6 adb push loki_flash /data/local/tmp

7 adb push recovery.img /data/local/tmp

8 adb shell

9 su

10 cd /data/local/tmp

11 chmod 777 loki_flash

12 ./loki_flash recovery recovery.img

13 reboot recovery
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] sedi21:
Hi all! I followed the procedure in terminal emulator from JB with root (through impactor)and I installed successfully twrp.

Then I installed CM11 by Varcain but the phone gives me the message "Secure booting Error! Cause: boot certification verify" .. I really can't figure out the problem after hours of search... can someone help me please?

Now I have to use kdz to reinstall JB?

EDIT: Sorry, The solution is easy, I must unlock the bootloader before flashing cm11... I forgot it! So the problem is not related to twrp
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] AWESOME1092387456:
but how did you unlock it? because i don't know how to unlock mine and i don't think its possible
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] sedi21:
Follow this link :)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65942313&postcount=1257
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] Conder000:
Thats not unlocking bootloader, anyway its not possible to unlock bootloader on this phone. Varcain explained it here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55734284&postcount=518
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] sedi21:
that's right.. anyway I followed the instructions about loki tool and it worked!
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] crushedice2000:
ADB authorization

The ADB server on the recovery reads the RSA pubkey from the authorized key list. Would not be better to run the adbd on always-authorized mode?

This seems to be easily solvable by setting ro.adb.secure to 0 on the default.prop of the recovery.img
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] ze7zez:
I just used this TWRP for the first time and for me everything works fine.

I am using stock 20d ROM and I saved the backup easily, cleaned the system partitions and restored the system.

Now my android has become more responsive.

I know the instructions on how to go to recovery mode (Power + Vol-) after turning off the device.

Unfortunately I can not do it.

In recovery mode I go from system through

adb reboot recovery
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] xdaxuser:
Noob here... the official twrp(3.2.3 now) doesnt work on d605 ? is this a modified version ?
[LG Optimus L3 II, L5 II, L7 II, L9 II] xdaxuser:
who made this anyway ?
[General Questions and Answers] Monoceroscaelum:
(I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, so if any moderator has to move it sorry and thx you in advance).

Basically I was changing the ROM on my phone (Lg g2 d802) to CM13 (cm-13.0-20160127-NIGHTLY-d802), I’ve already done the rooting and installed the Recovery (twrp), but only place on the internal memory the new system. Apparently when you came from a 4.4.2 (KitKat) you have to place also a Bootloader zip.

My current situation is I have wipe everything (expect internal memory ) , haven’t done back up ( I know , I’m an anxious idiot) and flashed the new system which doesn't start. (The recovery twrp , works perfectly)

My problem is that when I connect the phone to the PC if it is in recovery it doesn’t recognize the internal memory. And if I plug it power off or in download mode it recognize just a 63mb drive and tell me I have to format like 6 other "hard drives" .

To sum up does anyone knows how to place the bootloader on the internal memory or has any ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] Salik Iqbal:
Well return too stock rom, dont do much experiments :) download lg flash tool, and tot.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Accessories] secretman_z:
Hey everybody, :D

i was wonderin if i could change the BA speaker to a nokia one ?

can i do that ?

:D
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Accessories] HexBox:
I'm skeptic about this MOD. However, try disassembling the front of the Blue Angel's panel and see if both speakers have same scheme. If they do, you can try run the nokia's parallel with BA's, just to be sure they are absolutely identical. Share your experience after the comparison.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Accessories] life owner:
i bought a replacemtn nokia n73 speaker ..

i will post some pics soon..

i will be trying this on my himalaya first and then on my BA,,
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Accessories] xan:
So, any luck? my speaker is so silent now, that I need to replace it...
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Accessories] krishan2207:
i hv tried many speakers to my BA (lg,smasung nokia etc) but the resulted voice is not much louder than than ba's own speaker.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Accessories] rodren:
I install double Speaker on my BA :D
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Accessories] krishan2207:
any success ...
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Accessories] xabachay:
I noticed that, too, on the one I just got - sort of quiet.

Does anyone know of a speaker phone app upgrade?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mps42:
Hello every body

Actually i got new update to v10k on my g4 h815p and after that when i put my phone to charge for example if its 20% i comeback after 1 hour its 35% !! I don't know why

Note : its not rooted its on ofiicial software please help !
[Remix OS for PC] tahmidahmed:
Pardon me, i'm a noob,but how do you install Remix OS?
[Remix OS for PC] khalil009:
remix os instal

recherch in youtube you have a result
[Remix OS for PC] kretex:
use the search of thread bro :D a lot af tutor here :D